DOCSLIB.ORG

Inspirations from Scientists and Engineers Who Are Blind and Visually Impaired - Lessons to Initiate New Direction for Science Education of Blind Students in Nigeria

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Inspirations from Scientists and Engineers Who Are Blind and Visually Impaired - Lessons to Initiate New Direction for Science Education of Blind Students in Nigeria Inspirations from Scientists and Engineers Who Are Blind and Visually Impaired - Lessons to Initiate New Direction for Science Education of Blind Students in Nigeria Sariat Adelakun University of Birmingham (United Kingdom) [email protected]; [email protected] Abstract Preventing students with visual impairment (SVI) from participating in Science and Mathematics lessons is denying them the opportunity of equal educational opportunity promised by the Federal Government of Nigeria. It is against the Education for all Acts (1990) and No child left behind act (2002) which Nigeria is a signatory. Denying SVI this opportunity put them at a risk of lonely, isolated and unproductive lives (Texas school for the blind and visually impaired). Not only is the possibility of producing future scientist who have impaired vision but the contribution of science in making the blind or visually impaired live a fulfilled life cannot be overstressed. To John Gardener, a blind Physicist it is an awful thing to do to a kid, just wave a course because he cannot learn it. This paper showcase inspirations from scientists who are blind or visually impaired, their contributions in the field and specific techniques used that enabled them to do science are reviewed to serve as direction for Nigeria. For instance, Supalo, a professor of Chemistry employ paid readers to draw responses on all assessment, emphasise the need to develop habit of thinking creatively, know what adaptive technology is available and be good in problem solving skills. Gary Vermeiji said the prevailing attitudes about science and the blind must be reformed. Scientifically inclined blind should not be steered toward the social sciences away from fields in which laboratory and outdoor studies are important. He believes the chief factor holding the blind back from science is ignorance. 1. Introduction Education in the Nigeria National Policy on Education is seen as instrument par excellence for effecting individual and national development. The Educational policies in Nigeria like other countries are driven by the international agreement or acts. For example the right of all Nigerian to education is provided in section 18 of the 1999 constitution. Similarly the formulation of the National Policy on education in 1977 and the repeated revision of the in 1981,1989, 2004 and 2008 is influenced by the Education for all Acts, the IDEA etc Section 8 of the 1977 and revised 1981 and 1989 education policy Provision is devoted to education of children with special educational needs and more elaborate sections are provided in the 2004 and 2008 revised policy. The latest special provision was influenced by the enactment of Child Right Act in 2003 which was enacted into law in 2004 using Universal Basic Education (UBE) to provide free, compulsory 9 years basic education for all Nigerian of school age. Nigeria is moving in the right direction. However, students with visual impairment are affected greatly by attitude of educators who preconceive without adequate knowledge what the SVI can and cannot do. [1][2] Can students with visual impairment become scientist? Can they participate and contribute meaningfully in science disciplines? Are there role models? What can Nigeria Government, educators, teacher trainers, family members and course mate gain from the experience of the role models? Is it possible in Nigeria? Has anyone in Nigeria studied STEM discipline? What about the resources and logistics? These and other questions are the focus of this paper. Many blind or visually impaired people have studied STEM courses. The scope of this paper cannot allow me to draw inspirations from many of them. I purposively selected few role model in STEM disciplines. A brief biography at least to show the onset of blindness, Specific inspirational quotes from the role models to show areas of importance to the SVI, their families, friends, school mate, Science teachers, TVI (Resource persons or specialists), Teacher trainers and the Government. Fig 1 Professor Cary Supalo 1.2 Biography Cary Supalo lost his eyesight in 1982 at a very young age of seven. He started as a business administration major at DeKalb’s Northern Illinois University, later transferring to Purdue University to earn two bachelor’s degrees, one in chemistry and one in communications, then went on to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry from Penn State University. He is a trained chemist. Along the way, he added majors in computer science, engineering and liberal arts. Cary Supalo is the founder and president of Independence Science, an access technology company that develops and distributes blind and low vision tools that increase students’ access to hands-on experiences in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) classrooms. 1.3 Quotes Below are some of his sayings influenced by his experience:“I believe in a can-do attitude,” said Supalo “I wasn’t allowed to touch anything in high school,” he said “We’re not making these blind kids enjoy science,” Supalo said. “The overall perception is that they cannot do what they need to do. That’s where I come in.” I just want give back to the population that I am a part of,” Cary says Lab experiments are commonly viewed as too difficult for someone with a visual impairment and thus a student is relegated to note taker or secretary.” "My experience has taught me that blindness need not be a barrier in the pursuit of one's ambitions to achieve whatever goals he or she aspires to achieve." Table 1 Strategies S/N Inspirations 1 Training for the TVI typically doesn’t differ much from the training provided for a science teacher, despite their varying roles. Cary believes that an understanding of these roles is essential for a student to be successful in the science classroom. “The role of the TVI emphasizes how to adapt the concept for the student, but the TVI doesn’t need to have a mastery of the curriculum,” 2 “The role of the science teacher, on the other hand, is just the opposite. They need to have a mastery of the science curriculum but don’t necessarily need to know all the adaptations.” 3 Through support from friends and faculty members at Purdue University, he was encouraged to study Chemistry 2 Lev Semenovich Pontryagin [ 3 September 1908 - 3 May 1988] 2.1 Biography He was born in Moscow and lost his eyesight due to a primus stove explosion when he was 14. Pontryagin attended the town school where the standard of education was well below that of the better schools but the family's poor circumstances put these well out of reach financially. Pontryagin received many honours for his work. He was elected to the Academy of Sciences in 1939, becoming a full member in 1959. In 1941 he was of one the first recipients of the Stalin prizes (later called the State Prizes). He was honoured in 1970 by being elected Vice-President of the International Mathematical Union [3] Table 2 inspirations S/N Inspirations 1 Despite his blindness he was able to become one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century, partially with the help of his mother Tatyana Andreevna who read mathematical books and papers to him 2 But how does one read a mathematics paper without knowing any mathematics? Of course it is full of mysterious symbols and Tat'yana Andreevna, not knowing their mathematical meaning or name, could only describe them by their appearance. For example an intersection sign became a 'tails down' while a union symbol became a 'tails up'. If she read 'A tails right B' then Pontryagin knew that A was a subset of B! 3 Geerat J. Vermeij a blind Biologist 3.1 Biography Gary became blind since age three, but he has made a career out of seeing things most people can't see. He has been a member of faculty of Department of Biology in Maryland University from 1977- 1988. Currently, he is a Distinguished Professor of marine ecology and paleoecology in the Geography Department of the University of California. Dr. Vermeij has also been honored with numerous awards including the U.C. Davis Faculty Research Award in 2004, the Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal by the National Academy of Sciences in 2000, the Paleontological Society Medal in 1997, a $280,000 MacArthur Fellowship Award in 1992, and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1975. Table 3 Quotes/inspirations 1 "Blindness is a nuisance that can be largely overcome," Vermeij says. "It is not a disaster. It is not to be pitied or revered. It is just a condition that has to be dealt with as you get on with life." 2 As at the time Gary was studying science, there's essentially nothing in Braille," 3 “Most people who try to imagine what it's like to be blind think of blackness, and, you know, that's just not the right analogy. The world for me is not black. In fact, it's very much the opposite for me because I hear all kinds of wonderful sounds. I can feel all kinds of wonderful things. I smell wonderful things. I taste nice things. So for me, the world has not lost any of its beauty or its appeal or its challenge just because I happen to be blind”. 4 "One of the general sadness is that the blind are discouraged by presumably well- intentioned people from pursuing what they want to pursue”. 5 The biggest obstacle to him was when the state Agency for the blind declined to pay someone to read books about shells to him 6 "I see it as my main mission to be as successful as I can be at my chosen profession and that it represent real scientific accomplishment.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • JBI 4.05 Newsletter
    FOCUS ON JBI The Newsletter of JBI International • Spring 2007 JBI International JBI Reunites Senior and Volunteer After 40 Years (established in 1931 become a well-respected actor in the Moscow as the Jewish Braille Theater, but never saw her classmate again. Institute) provides the visually impaired, blind, Irina hurried upstairs to her apartment and physically handicapped returned with a photo album with a picture of and reading disabled of their graduating acting class. Sure enough, it was Victor! all backgrounds and ages with free books, Until that presentation, Irina did not realize how magazines and special valuable her acting skills would be for recording publications of Jewish materials for JBI’s Russian Collection . She and general interest in JBI volunteer Victor Persik reunites and reminisces with jumped at the opportunity to “do some acting Audio, Large Print and old friend Irina Gusso. again,” and we arranged for her to visit the JBI Braille. JBI, an Affiliated familiar name from the past touched off a studios. Little did Victor anticipate the Library of the United Amemory, and then a happy reunion, at JBI. wonderful surprise we had arranged for him States Library of It all began last December during a JBI Russian when he arrrived for his recording session. Congress, enables language outreach presentation at a senior There stood Irina, waiting to greet her old individuals with residence in Irvington, New Jersey, where 20 friend with arms wide open! diminished vision to seniors listened as Inna Suholutsky, our Russian understand and Liaison and Outreach Assistant, spoke about JBI JBI offers a wide variety of materials and participate in the cultural Library’s wealth of Russian Talking Books programs for the Russian community world- life of their communities.
    [Show full text]
  • Nemeth Code Uses Some Parts of Textbook Format but Has Some Idiosyncrasies of Its Own
    This book is a compilation of research, in “Understanding and Tracing the Problem faced by the Visually Impaired while doing Mathematics” as a Diploma project by Aarti Vashisht at the Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore. 6 DOTS 64 COMBINATIONS A Braille character is formed out of a combination of six dots. Including the blank space, sixty four combinations are possible using one or more of these six dots. CONTENTS Introduction 2 About Braille 32 Mathematics for the Visually Impaired 120 Learning Mathematics 168 C o n c l u s i o n 172 P e o p l e a n d P l a c e s 190 Acknowledgements INTRODUCTION This project tries to understand the nature of the problems that are faced by the visually impaired within the realm of mathematics. It is a summary of my understanding of the problems in this field that may be taken forward to guide those individuals who are concerned about this subject. My education in design has encouraged interest in this field. As a designer I have learnt to be aware of my community and its needs, to detect areas where design can reach out and assist, if not resolve, a problem. Thus began, my search, where I sought to grasp a fuller understanding of the situation by looking at the various mediums that would help better communication. During the project I realized that more often than not work happened in individual pockets which in turn would lead to regionalization of many ideas and opportunities. Data collection got repetitive, which would delay or sometimes even hinder the process.
    [Show full text]
  • 1959: Third Conference on Techniques Of
    American Foundation ForTheBUND inc. RET 0 RT 5L Hational Braille Cld Service An Organization for the Advancement of Volunteer for Blind People THE THIRD NATIONAL CONFERENCE October 1 959 3 <* • • 3 • • • • 1 l • # # I n Bn j u 3 3 • ® • # • j ^ e « Glut a • • » • c 3 C 3 c 3 j c 3 . - 1 yMV/CL<f OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OFFICERS President Mi ss Georgie Lee Abel, Ridgewood, N. 1st Vice-President J. Mrs. W. D. Earnest, Jr., R. D. No 1, Butler, N. J, Honorary 2nd Vice-President. Mrs - Alvin H. Kirsner, Des Moines, Iowa Honorary 3rd Vice-President. Mrs. H. J. Brudno, San Mateo, California Corresponding Secretary ....Mrs. Benjamin Friedberger, West Orange, N. Recording J. Secretary Mrs. R. H. Donovan, Brooklyn 38, N. Y. Financial Secretary Mr. Richard Hanna, Madison, N. Treasurer J. Mrs. George Cassidy, East Orange, N. J. Editor of the Bulletin Mrs. George L. Turkeltaub, Great Neck, N. Y. Immediate Past President Miss Josephine L. Taylor, Verona, N. J. DIRECTORS Mr. Robert S. Bray Washington, D. C. Mrs. Sol M. Cohen Florida Mrs. Philip Cohn ..New York Mr. Nelson Coon Massachusetts Mr. Harold Factor Illinois Mrs. Robert Greenwald Texas Miss Marjorie S. Hooper Kentucky Mrs. Dwight A. Johnston Ohio Mrs. Jack Levensky jowa Mr. Guy Marchisio Connecticut Miss Dorothy L. Misbach California Miss Marjorie Postley Pennsylvania COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN Hospitality Mrs. J. L. Maged, Brooklyn, N. Y. Awards Mrs. Emil Drechsler, Newark, N. J Interim Committee on Mathematics....Mrs. A. B. Clark, Fayson Lakes, Butler, N. J. Committee to Study Membership D.^ Mr. Robert S. Bray, Washington,’ C.
    [Show full text]
  • Winter 2018 Insight
    Insight: The Voice of The American Council of the Blind of New York, Inc. http://www.acbny.info Winter 2019 President, Lori Scharff E‐mail: [email protected] Editor: Annie Chiappetta E‐mail: [email protected] The American Council of the Blind of New York is the largest consumer advocacy and support organization of blind and visually impaired people in the state. Your financial contributions help ACBNY’s work to promote the educational, vocational and social advancement of blind and visually impaired people in New York. Send your tax‐deductible donations to ACBNY, 104 Tilrose Ave., Malverne, NY 11565. Join the Monthly Monetary Support (MMS) program and support ACB National and ACBNY through the 2 for 1 program. Find out more about joining by going to http://acb.org/content/acb%E2%80%99s‐monthly‐monetary‐support‐mms‐ program If you’d like to renew your membership or become a member, you can fill out our online membership form at www.acbny.info,, or call 800‐522‐3303. Insight is available through e‐mail or via the ACBNY website at http://www.acbny.info/ . You can also find the most recent issues on our website or via NFB’s Newsline under New York publications. If you wish to change your subscription, please notify the Newsletter Editor by sending an email to [email protected] or call 800‐522‐3303. Follow ACB of New York on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/ACBNewYork. Follow our Twitter feed at http://www.twitter.com/acb_ny TABLE OF CONTENTS President’s Message – Lori Scharff [email protected] Editor’s Message – Annie Chiappetta
    [Show full text]
  • Senators Gregory, Anderson, Bieda, Marleau, Johnson, Hood and Ananich Offered the Following Resolution: Senate Resolution No
    Senators Gregory, Anderson, Bieda, Marleau, Johnson, Hood and Ananich offered the following resolution: Senate Resolution No. 185. A resolution to proclaim October 16, 2014, as Dr. Abraham Nemeth Day in the state of Michigan. Whereas, Dr. Abraham Nemeth was born on October 16, 1918, in New York City and attended public school as a totally-blind child. He majored in psychology at Brooklyn College and received a master’s degree in psychology from Columbia University; and Whereas, In 1955, Dr. Nemeth joined the faculty of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Detroit Mercy, where he was known for the innovative way he devised to convey mathematical concepts, and served for thirty years until his retirement in 1985; and Whereas, Dr. Nemeth received a Ph.D. in mathematics from Wayne State University in Detroit. He was considered a man of vision and action, with intellectual brilliance and insightful wit; and Whereas, The lack of Braille materials and Dr. Nemeth's determination to pursue his love of math and science led to the creation of what is now known as the Nemeth Braille Code for Mathematics and Science Notation. This was a landmark step in the opportunity for blind students to engage in scientific studies; and Whereas, This unique and revolutionary idea became the official code in the United States, later in Canada and New Zealand, and is recognized as an indispensable tool for instruction in mathematics and science; and Whereas, The Nemeth Code continues to make it possible for blind men and women to pursue careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; supporting themselves and their families and changing the public perception of blindness in a positive way; and Whereas, Dr.
    [Show full text]
  • February 2009: BANA Creates Excellence Award
    PRESS RELEASE February 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Judith Dixon, Chairperson Braille Authority of North America PHONE: 1-202-707-0722 E-MAIL: [email protected] BANA Creates Braille Excellence Award In honor of the 200th birthday of Louis Braille, The Braille Authority of North America (BANA) has created the Braille Excellence Award. This award will be given to people or organizations that have developed or contributed to a code, have developed code materials, or software that supports codes, and/or who represent the highest standards of braille production. The first award is being given to Dr. Abraham Nemeth for his contributions making math and science accessible for blind people around the world. Abraham Nemeth was born completely blind in 1918, in New York City, where he spent most of his life. Although mathematics instantly became a passion for Nemeth, he was encouraged by his counselors to pursue a degree in psychology at Brooklyn College. Following his bachelor’s degree, he continued his education at Columbia University, where he earned his master’s in psychology, while attending evening classes in physics and mathematics. As the math courses became increasingly more difficult, Nemeth proceeded to develop his own system of braille mathematics, adopted in the U.S. in 1952, named the Nemeth Braille Code for Mathematics and Science Notation. Shortly after the development of his code, he joined the Department of Mathematics at the University of Detroit, where he created a system of communicating mathematical formulas, called MathSpeak. During this time Nemeth received a Ph.D in mathematics from Wayne State University.
    [Show full text]
  • SR-185, As Adopted by Senate, October 2, 2014 Senators Gregory
    SR-185, As Adopted by Senate, October 2, 2014 Senators Gregory, Anderson, Bieda, Marleau, Johnson, Hood and Ananich offered the following resolution: Senate Resolution No. 185. A resolution to proclaim October 16, 2014, as Dr. Abraham Nemeth Day in the state of Michigan. Whereas, Dr. Abraham Nemeth was born on October 16, 1918, in New York City and attended public school as a totally-blind child. He majored in psychology at Brooklyn College and received a master’s degree in psychology from Columbia University; and Whereas, In 1955, Dr. Nemeth joined the faculty of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Detroit Mercy, where he was known for the innovative way he devised to convey mathematical concepts, and served for thirty years until his retirement in 1985; and Whereas, Dr. Nemeth received a Ph.D. in mathematics from Wayne State University in Detroit. He was considered a man of vision and action, with intellectual brilliance and insightful wit; and Whereas, The lack of Braille materials and Dr. Nemeth's determination to pursue his love of math and science led to the creation of what is now known as the Nemeth Braille Code for Mathematics and Science Notation. This was a landmark step in the opportunity for blind students to engage in scientific studies; and Whereas, This unique and revolutionary idea became the official code in the United States, later in Canada and New Zealand, and is recognized as an indispensable tool for instruction in mathematics and science; and Whereas, The Nemeth Code continues to make it possible for blind men and women to pursue careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; supporting themselves and their families and changing the public perception of blindness in a positive way; and Whereas, Dr.
    [Show full text]
  • The Only Thing Worse Than Being Blind Is Having Sight but No Vision. -Helen
    BIBHUPRASAD MOHAPATRA RTICLE A The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision. EATURE F -Helen Keller, American author, political activist, and lecturer. Nicholas Saunderson in the chancel of the parish church at Boxworth near Cambridge. Renowned English Scientist, Saunderson possessed the friendship Mathematician and sensible Newtonian of many eminent mathematicians of the was born in the small village of time, such as Sir Isaac Newton, Edmund Thurlstone, Yorkshire, in January 1682 Halley, Abraham De Moivre and Roger ESPITE the fact that they were blind to an exciseman who was a government Cotes. He devised a calculating machine Dphysically, they acquired qualities officer and collected taxes imposed on or abacus, by which he could perform to look at the beauty of the “Queen of goods. He may have been the earliest arithmetical and algebraic operations all Sciences”. Although blind musicians, discoverer of Bayes theorem which was by the sense of touch; this method writers, politicians, and philanthropists named after Thomas Bayes (1701-April 7, is sometimes termed his palpable are most well known, there were some 1761). renowned blind Mathematicians who arithmetic, an account of which is given Unfortunately, when about a year had great vision and also made great in his elaborate Elements of Algebra. old he lost his sight as well as eyes to contributions to Mathematics. Let’s smallpox; but this tragedy did not prevent take a look at some of these great him from acquiring a remarkably good Leonhard Euler mathematicians. education and studying mathematics. He Euler was born on 15 April 1707, in Basel learnt to read by tracing the engravings to Paul Euler and Marguerite Brucker.
    [Show full text]
  • November 2013 Jodi Carlsgaard, Principal Dr
    November 2013 Jodi Carlsgaard, Principal Dr. Marjorie Kaiser, Superintendent Upcoming Dates From the Principal’s Desk st Nov. 1 1 Quarter ends Nov. 1-3 Special Olympics State Bowling We have had an outstanding October! Our school Tournament at The Village Bowl, Aberdeen was hustling and bustling at the beginning of the month with homecoming, our students went home Nov 3 Daylight Savings Time ends to spend time with family and friends, parents and nd Nov 4 2 Quarter begins teachers had time to share about student progress, Nov 6 Election Day our students got to show off their artwork, our Nov 11 Veterans Day Program Activities of Daily Living classroom was re-opened 11:30am, Gym and SDSBVI ended the month with some ghoulish fun, costumes, and candy galore! WOW, this is Nov 26 Homegoing just to mention a few things that have gone on this Classes dismiss at 12:10pm month! Lunch served 12:10 – 1:00pm Dorms close at 1:00 PM I had the opportunity to spend some time in Louisville, KY with other Principals of Schools for Nov 28 Happy Thanksgiving the Blind. What an experience! I have learned a Dec 1 Students return great deal about other schools and the best part Dorms open at 1:00pm was I got to share and brag about our school! Dec 2 Classes resume Starting second quarter students will be using IPADS when in class to do research, create projects, read, write, and do calculations. Teachers and students are quite excited to leap into this world of technology.
    [Show full text]
  • Celebrating Mathematicians with Disabilities
    CELEBRATING MATHEMATICIANS WITH DISABILITIES ABRAHAM NEMETH JOHN FORBES NASH JR. Abraham was an inventor and mathematician. He studied psychology, and John F. Nash Jr. was an American mathematician who made important earned his undergraduate degree from Brooklyn College and an M.A. from contributions to game theory, differential geometry, and PDEs. He obtained a Columbia University. During his undergrad, he studied mathematics and B.S. and M.S. in mathematics from Carnegie Institute of Technology (now physics, but his academic advisor discouraged him from pursuing Carnegie Mellon University) and a Ph.D. from Princeton University, with a 28- mathematics. After working at agencies for the blind, Abraham decided to page dissertation on noncooperative games. Nash is the only person that has pursue mathematics and obtained a Ph.D. from Wayne State University. been awarded both the Nobel Prize in Economics and the Abel Prize. In advanced courses, he found that there was a need for a braille code that would communicate mathematics in a more effective way. He developed the Nemeth Braille Code for Mathematics and Science Notation, which is still used CARYN LINDA NAVY today. Abraham needed to make use of sighted readers to read mathematics textbook that were otherwise inaccessible; he also needed a method for Navy works on set-theoretic topology. She earned her undergraduate degree dictating his math work for transcription into print. This led to the invention of from MIT, where her undergrad advisor introduced her to topology. She MathSpeak. attended graduate school at University of Wisconsin-Madison and worked as an assistant professor at Bucknell University.
    [Show full text]
  • Literacy Media Decisions Position Paper Released
    ASSOCIATION FOR EDUCEDUCATIONION AND REHABILIREHABILITATION OF THE BLINDBLIND AND VISUALVISUALLY IMIMPAIREDIRED AER ReportVol. 30 No. 3 Fall 2013 Literacy Media Decisions Position Paper Released Earlier this year, the AER Board of Directors approved a new position INSIDE THIS ISSUE: paper from the AER Low Vision Rehabilitation Division. Authored by Kelly Lusk, Holly Lawson and Tessa McCarthy with advisory Vanda Pharmaceuticals input from Amanda Lueck, Anne Corn and Barry Kran, “Literacy Media Decisions for Students With Visual Impairments” addresses the becomes major AER sponsor importance of comprehensive evaluations when considering approaches Sequestration hits special to literacy instruction for students who are blind or visually impaired. “For years, Anne Corn and I have felt that the literacy needs of all education students with visual impairments were not well-addressed by current legislation or current practice [in the U.S.],” explained Kelly Lusk, O&M International Conference PhD, CLVT, one of the paper’s co-authors. “The U.S. Individuals with 2013 info Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) specifies individualized education program (IEP) teams must consider braille instruction for students Dr. Abraham Nemeth--In who are visually impaired, which is wonderful. However, the question arises, ‘What happens when braille is not necessarily the best approach Memoriam for a student?’ Current legislation offers little to no guidance for teachers …and much more! and school districts. This position paper addresses that need.” As the authors and contributors of the position paper began working Continued on p. 8 Save money. Get GEICO. Get an additional discount on car insurance as a member of the Association for the Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired.
    [Show full text]
  • Brooklyn College Magazine, Fall/Winter 2013, Volume 3 | Number 1
    Up Close Film Veteran Jonathan Wacks Leads New Barry R. Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema At the Forefront of Urban Sustainability The Power of Philanthropy to Change Lives B Brooklyn College Magazine Volume 3 | Number 1 | Fall/Winter 2013 11 Holding Destruction at Bay Brooklyn College scientists lead a new institute dedicated to revitalizing Jamaica Bay—one of New York’s greatest natural barriers against superstorms. Brooklyn College Editor-in-Chief Art Director Advisory Committee 2900 Bedford Avenue Keisha-Gaye Anderson Lisa Panazzolo Moraima Cunningham, Director, Student Engagement and Judicial Affairs Brooklyn, NY 11210-2889 Nicole Hosten-Haas, Managing Editor Production Assistant Chief of Staff to the President [email protected] Audrey Peterson Mammen P. Thomas Alex Lang, Assistant Director, Brooklyn College Athletics © 2013 Brooklyn College Steven Schechter, Executive Director of Government and External Affairs Staff Writers Staff Photographers Marla Schreibman ’87, ’89 M.F.A., Director, Alumni Affairs Robert Jones, Jr. ’06, ’08 M.F.A. David Rozenblyum President Jeffrey Sigler ’92, ’95 M.S.,President of the Brooklyn College Alumni Ernesto Mora Craig Stokle Karen L. Gould Association Jamilah Simmons Editorial Assistants Andrew Sillen ’74, Vice President for Institutional Advancement Provost Contributing Writers Taneish Hamilton ’10 Colette Wagner, Assistant Provost for Planning and Special Projects William A. Tramontano Dominique Carson ’12 Mark Zhuravsky ’10 Alex Lang Ikimulisa Livingston Anthony Ramos Jeffrey Sigler ’92, ’95 M.S. 18 Up Close Jonathan Wacks, founding director of the college’s new Barry R. Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema, looks toward cultivating the next generation of film industry leaders. 14 The Other Side of Loss Bernard Garil ’62 and his wife, Ethel, transformed grief into an opportunity for Brooklyn College students to take part in cancer research at some of the nation’s top medical institutions.
    [Show full text]